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 29/08/2007

Circular

On August 29, 2007 in the premises of the Government of Kaliningrad region was held a meeting dedicated to the preparation for the third Round of mutual evaluation of the FATF in the North-West Federal District.

Today in Kaliningrad was held a joint meeting of the special working group under the Plenipotentiary of the President in the North-West Federal District and representatives of the Interagency Commission on combating legalization of the proceeds from crime and financing of terrorism (AML/CFT). The agenda of this meeting was “Preparedness to the third Round of mutual evaluation of the FATF in the North-West Federal District”. In the meeting took part Vice-premier of the Government of Kaliningrad region Mr. Yu.S. Shalimov, the Deputy of the Plenipotentiary of the President in the North-West Federal District Mr. A.Ya. Datsyshin, the Chief federal inspector in Kaliningrad region Mr. B.F. Sokushev, the Head of the Federal Financial Monitoring Service Mr. V.A. Zubkov, the Deputy of the General Prosecutor of the Russian Federation Mr. A.V. Gutsan, as well as representatives of the federal executive bodies, of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation, the heads of the law enforcement, oversight and judicial bodies of the North-West Federal District and Kaliningrad region.

The meeting was opened by the Deputy of the Plenipotentiary of the President in the North-West Federal District Mr. A.Ya. Datsyshin. He noted that the aim of the meeting is the evaluation of the extent of the readiness of the state bodies and objects to be visited by the FATF mission in the North-West Federal District. In the light of the forthcoming evaluation the most important thing is harmony of the actions taken by the law enforcement, oversight and judicial bodies in the North-West Federal District. The coming FATF mission will serve as a real test of maturity of the authorities engaged in the AML sphere, of their ability to properly react to the actions of criminals and to effectively implement the policy and the AML/CFT methods.

The Head of the Federal Financial Monitoring Service in his speech at the meeting stressed that the Russian anti-money laundering system showed its effectiveness and ability to develop. Evidently, the established and permanently upgrading normative and legal base and institutional base of the Russian AML/CFT system favour this process. The key indicators of the effectiveness of the activity of Rosfinmonitoring for the past four years (which are to be examined by the FATF mission) have increased tenfold. The number of reports received from the supervised organizations has risen from 374000 to 6.3 million, the number of carried out investigations by the financial investigation service – from 1415 to m7931. The number of materials forwarded to the law enforcement bodies within the same period has increased in 24 times, the number of the revealed crimes under articles 174 and 174.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation – in 13 times, the number of convicted persons under these articles – in 38 times (from 14 to 532).

Thanks to the joint work of the supervisors and Rosfinmonitoring, the level of the fulfillment of the legislation by the credit and other financial institutions, the number of which is growing as the financial services develop, is permanently rising. The results of the coming FATF evaluation will be of great importance for the further development of the national AML/CFT system and will serve as a confirmation of already won positions. The mission will focus primarily on the evaluation of the efficiency of and results achieved through the operation of the national AML/CFT system. In accordance with the schedule of the third round of mutual evaluations the FATF visit to Kaliningrad is planed for this November. Taking into account the strategical and political significance of the Western region, it is obvious that foreign experts will be interested in issues concerning organization and operation of the AML/CFT system, the ability of supervision and financial structures to react to specific challenges typical for Kaliningrad region.

“The time left before the mission”, said Mr. Zubkov, “we shall dedicate to solving existing problem issues, i.e. to adequately prepare the objects to be visited, to harmonize statistical data, to improve educational and professional level of the officers etc. The heads of law enforcement, supervision and judicial bodies in Kaliningrad region speaking at the meeting advised on the state of work aimed at arranging meeting of the FATF mission.

The decision taken at the meeting provides for appointing officials of supervision bodies responsible for supervised organizations to be visited during the FATF mission, carrying out of preliminary checks, harmonization of statistical data on criminal cases initiated with participation of Rosfinmonitoring, as well as other arrangements.

At the press conference started just after the meeting Mr. Zubkov pointed that in general he is satisfied: the heads of the authorities in Kaliningrad region are well prepared, are well informed and what is more important take appropriate measures to implement Federal Law No. 115- FZ. Thus, this year 41 cases were submitted to courts, while in 2005 there were only 5 cases filed. According to him this increase is a result of the active work of the law enforcement bodies in the region. Proving these words Mr. A.Ya. Datsyshin told the journalists that in the North-West Federal District a special working group was created thanks to which the activity in the AML sphere became more systematic.

The Head of Rosfinmonitoring Mr. V.A. Zubkov expressed assurance that the held meeting will provide a stimulus for a more close cooperation with the dependent body, mobilization of all resources (law enforcement, oversight, supervising etc.) for carrying out active and effective activity aimed at revealing and combating doubtful financial flows, as well as putting everything in order.


 

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